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ReviewEuropean endocrinology2018

Second-Generation Insulin Analogues - a Review of Recent Real-World Data and Forthcoming Head-to-Head Comparisons.

Didac Mauricio, Irene Hramiak

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Review in European endocrinology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Proposed Practical Guidelines to Improve Glycaemic Management by Reducing Glycaemic Variability in People with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2025
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  2. Insulin Therapy for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review of Innovative Treatment Strategies.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2023
    Review
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  4. Practical Guidance on Basal Insulin Initiation and Titration in Asia: A Delphi-Based Consensus.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2022
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  7. One Hundred Years of Insulin: Value Beyond Price in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2021
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  8. Quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes after switching to insulin degludec: results from a cross-sectional survey.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021
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  9. Individualizing Time-in-Range Goals in Management of Diabetes Mellitus and Role of Insulin: Clinical Insights From a Multinational Panel.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2021
    Review
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  11. Clinical Inertia in Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Obesity: An Observational Retrospective Study.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2020
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  12. BE-SMART (Basal Early Strategies to Maximize HbA1c Reduction with Oral Therapy): Expert Opinion.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2019
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Didac MauricioHospital de Sant Pau, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Irene HramiakLawson Research Institute, London, ON, Canada.
Lawson Health Research Institute · CAUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insulin analogues play a key role in the effective management of type 2 diabetes. However, there are several behavioural barriers to appropriate early initiation of insulin therapy, despite compelling evidence supporting the benefits of this strategy in those patients for whom oral anti-diabetes agents provide insufficient control. The development of second-generation insulin analogues (insulin glargine 300 U/mL and insulin degludec) has provided physicians with agents that can provide comparable glycaemic control to first-generation insulin, but with a reduced risk of hypoglycaemia and modes of action suited to once-daily regimens. These characteristics may help overcome patient and physician concerns about early insulin use in disease management. To date, there have been no head-to-head comparisons of second-generation insulins: here we consider recent real-world evidence and the forthcoming direct comparison in the BRIGHT randomised controlled study, as presented at the recent 11

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hypoglycaemiainsulin glargine 300once-daily insulinSecond-generationtype 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID30034546
PMCPMC6009413
OpenAlexW2807282904

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